About This Opportunity:
This role offers a fantastic opportunity for growth and development in the vibrant hospitality sector.
We are committed to promoting from within, so your dedication can lead to exciting internal opportunities.
Benefit from exposure to senior team members who can mentor you.
Join a supportive environment that encourages career advancement and makes an impact.
About The Role:
The Business Development Manager will report to the Cluster Director of Sales and assist with the daily management of the sales team, maximising the hotel's sales potential.
* Source and secure new business, both locally and globally, across all owned business segments.
* Collaborate with the Cluster Director of Sales to ensure that objectives in the Sales business plan are achieved.
* Represent the hotels at sales team meetings and customer-led events as appropriate.
Your Key Responsibilities include but not limited to:
* Customer-Facing Responsibilities - Owned Segments: Execute a proactive sales plan to develop and nurture new accounts across all segments owned by the hotels.
* Identify and manage new opportunities in your market, aligning with the hotel's strategic goals and the broader portfolio.
* Work with the Account Management Team to nurture existing accounts and secure new opportunities following the sales process.
You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive revenue growth and improve operational efficiency. As a Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for:
* Planning & Forecasting: Collaborate with the Cluster Director of Sales on rate strategy, budget planning, and forecasting for owned segments while identifying and analyzing opportunities that align with the hotel's business strategy.
* Conduct monthly corporate tracking of accounts to monitor production, identify any decreases, and take action to remedy any issues.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar role within hotels.
* Effective communicator commercially aware with strong analytical skills; able to understand and identify business trends.
* Excellent organisational and planning abilities sales-focused and results-driven.
About Us:
We bring the heart of hospitality to every hotel we own and operate. We see our growth and expansion plans as a way of spreading our unique way of caring for our guests further around the world, bringing better experiences to more people. Helping our people to grow and develop their careers is vitally important to us and is one of our highest priorities. We have many exciting and unique internal development programmes, each crafted to make sure our employees get the learning they need to be able to take the next step in their careers. We actively encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply to be part of our team.
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